Subj : graphics.js limited to 16-color ANSI
To   : Digital Man
From : Codefenix
Date : Wed Apr 22 2026 08:40:54

  Re: graphics.js limited to 16-color ANSI
  By: Digital Man to Codefenix on Mon Apr 20 2026 12:54 pm

 DM> I don't know of any pending improvements to graphic.js, but it certainly
 DM> is like most things in Synchronet, up for change as wanted or needed. If
 DM> you feel like adding additional ANSI sequence support to graphic.js and
 DM> submitting a PR, it'd likely be merged into master.

Yeah, I had a look, and it seems like quite the rabbit hole. :)

I believe the ANS->MSG conversion that happens within would make this challenging, at least in my use case, since I don't think you can do 256 colors with CTRL-A codes (can you?).

frame.js appears to have the same 16-color limitation as graphic.js upon initial glance.

I think I'll back-burner this idea for now, and settle for detecting 256-color sequences, and if found, output using plain old console.printfile instead as a workaround.

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